TTC【双语字幕版】：西方文明的基础（S01E19：罗马共和国的文化）
Familia: Roman household
Paterfamilias: Head of the household
Statues or the burial mask of ancestors were displayed at the entrance of the house. Family history were taught to children, particularly sons.
Cato the Elder 234-149 B.C.
Cato'a Achievements:
- Helped to pass a series of sumptuary laws
- Passed a law aimed to keep "philosophers" out of Rome (Greeks)
- Wrote a book for his son; Origines: the first history of Roman written in Latin
- A book on agriculture, De agricultura
Carneades, Head of the Academy 214/3-129/8 B.C.
Plautus 254-184 B.C.; brought comedy of Menander (Greece), or others of that ilk to Rome; not drama but merely for entertainment
The Pot of Gold by Plautus
Terence ca. 190-159 B.C.; wrote restrained comedy with intricate plot written in elegant and polished Latin
The Eunuch (161 B.C.) by Terence
Catullus 84-54 B.C.; a poet
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106-43 B.C.
On the Republic 51 B.C. (De Republica)
On the Laws 52 B.C. (De Legibus)
On Duties 45-44 B.C. (De officiis)
incorporated the stoic concept of natural law with the traditional Roman ethics
formulated a moral principle that advantage can never conflict with right; or for everything that is morally right is advantageous (may profit you but cannot be advantageous)
Aeneas presented by Virgil
Four Roman Virtues:
- Pietas: Loyalty, reliability, honor
- Gravitas: Weightiness, seriousness
- Constantia: Perseverance, commitment, dedication
- Magnitudo animi: Magnanimity, greatness of spirit
